Irradiation test of the control system of a tracked robot for nuclear disaster response

Abstract

The importance of mobile robots for the nuclear disaster response has been realized after Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident. In this paper, we propose a tracked robot for rescue and search in nuclear environment. A gamma-ray irradiation test of the robot's control system is conducted, in order to evaluate the performance of the robot in nuclear environment. The parallel test method is described and the test result is reported.